After many years of planning, breaking ground in March of 2023, then 13 months of construction, Seneca High School unveiled its new 28,000-square-foot gymnasium to the public at a ribbon-cutting ceremony Wednesday night.
Meet the 2023-24 Herald-News All-Area Boys basketball team, featuring standouts from across the area.
Boys basketball: Paxton Giertz named MVP of Tri-County Conference; Alec Novotney also unanimous pick
The Tri-County Conference has released its 2023-24 boys basketball all-conference teams, with Seneca junior Paxton Giertz a unanimous first-team selection as well as being selected the Tri-County Conference Player of the Year.
Seneca rallied to cut a 14-point deficit down to four but couldn't complete the comeback in a loss to Riverdale in the Class 2A Hall Regional title game Friday.
Everett Willis missed two free throws but snared the rebound after the second attempt and made the putback at the buzzer to pull out a 47-45 win over Dwight in Mondays’s Class 1A Somonauk Regional quarterfinal.
Quality teams are all over the two Class 4A sectional groupings that include the grand majority of the Herald-News coverage area, which will likely lead to some wild postseason battles that could come as early as the first round.
Streator came up big down the stretch to get its program's 1,500th win and avenge a lost to Wilmington last week, 51-49.
Jack Wheeler scored all 19 of his points in the second half and Morris limited Ottawa to three field goals in the second half in a 41-26 win.
The top-seeded Seneca boys basketball team used a third-quarter burst and a 40-18 rebound advantage to top No. 2-seeded Marquette Academy 68-54 in the title game of the 97th Tri-County Conference Tournament on Saturday night at Putnam County High School’s R.M. Germano Gymnasium.